单词 | continued proportion |
释义 | > as lemmascontinued proportion a. continued proportionals: a series of quantities such that the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms; such quantities are said to be in continued proportion. continued fraction: a fraction whose denominator is an integer plus a fraction, which latter fraction has for its denominator an integer plus a fraction, and so on. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > equal or constant > between adjacent terms continual proportion1557 conjunct proportion1594 continual proportionals1753 continued proportion1796 continued proportionals1796 1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. at Continual Proportionals A series of continual or continued proportionals is otherwise called a progression. 1827 O. Gregory Hutton's Course Math. (ed. 9) I. 113 But when the difference or ratio of every two succeeding terms is the same quantity, the proportion is said to be Continued, and the numbers themselves make a series of Continued Proportionals, or a progression. < as lemmas |
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